Biogeographic subregion 2013 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2013 wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion
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Biogeographic subregion	Total area (ha)	Wetland area by system									Total wetland area (ha)
		artificial and highly modified	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)	lacustrine (natural)	lacustrine (slightly modified)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	310,612	1,161,270	4,155	514,051	38,930	64	2,843,329	82,566	2,582,439	7,537,416
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	412			20,062	133		39,331	398	24,668	85,005
Anakie Inlier	382,284	656				82		104	9	3,267	4,118
Arcadia	715,288	1,972			2,969	602	2	2,730	258	5,540	14,073
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	808	1,451		22	453		34,949	727	54,514	92,925
Atherton	177,037	1,752			147	32	2	393	158	822	3,305
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,085				3		126	76	14,791	19,081
Barakula	1,301,712	647			929	666		654	81	5,635	8,612
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	166				82		17,483	151	29,541	47,423
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,531				321		231	14	11,286	29,382
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	9	1,220					769		4,940	6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,397	102		6	< 1		773		935	4,212
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	4,697				1,705		5,523	580	23,469	35,973
Beucazon Hills	95,821	128				67		98		3,614	3,907
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,517	2,949	57		263	< 1	165	658	40,086	47,696
Boomer Range	220,541	159				19		10	16	1,720	1,925
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,209				8		297	14	11,582	26,110
Broken River	3,309,590	5,694			874	652		6,058	136	123,200	136,614
Buckland Basalts	281,306	1				2		116		1,048	1,166
Bulloo	619,042	14			19,002			110,275	3	5,334	134,628
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,958	52	1	23,860	30	2,630	49,585
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,724	17,812	17	13	1,420	11	27,685	695	11,224	65,601
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	9,150	31,911	147		2,207	< 1	4,377	166	14,651	62,608
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,108	197	14		183	4	2,066	150	6,989	19,712
Byfield	128,140	17	163					2,729	< 1	3,442	6,351
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,339			67	2		666	64	2,012	4,149
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	649			704	169	< 1	1,502	342	36,807	40,172
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,241			11	71		373	10	17,016	40,721
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	93	26,487		2			785		815	28,182
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	187			722	258		651	49	6,100	7,967
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,889				1,375		5,326	61	22,643	32,294
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	174				8	3	70,638	466	53,055	124,345
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,722	72			< 1		87	6	5,105	6,991
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	889			90	320		609	26	10,695	12,631
Coastal Plains	288,595	5	62,024					23,166		350	85,545
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	206	14,372		12			6,311		28,638	49,539
Coongie	5,724				41			53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	67			76,794	8		994,380	40	72,921	1,144,209
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,946			9	107		2,046	469	7,834	36,411
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	61			18,275	5		52,586	621	599	72,147
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	94	5,390	12		11	< 1	2,691	1	3,220	11,418
Dawson River Downs	982,807	4,779			145	658		2,921	799	6,845	16,146
Debella	81,531	4,047	4,021			< 1		229	59	1,945	10,303
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384	16		2,783		1,123	9,307
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,345	9,237		264	817		21,197	173	55,839	89,871
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	55	534			18		22,766	6	18,634	42,013
Dulacca Downs	162,442	397				157		10	17	104	685
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	11,296			66	438		1,811	467	5,548	19,626
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	479			405	180		13,161	211	404	14,839
Flinders	435,263	238				41		177	7	6,451	6,914
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	1,055				355		340	38	23,858	25,645
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,591	< 1		318,736	18	52,238	392,588
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43		9,141		8,514	18,384
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	200			784	13	4	2,349	120	11,712	15,183
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	263			6,015	147	< 1	18,520	111	284,408	309,465
Great Sandy	362,412	90	10,641		3,073	16		37,804	14	1,272	52,909
Gympie Block	859,024	4,054	156			41		1,247	169	23,208	28,876
Herbert	222,189	702	14,630	2		16		7,552	813	10,678	34,392
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	912			2,668	165	4	3,050	372	19,808	26,979
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,967				3,815		478	3	31,620	37,882
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	241			148	47		14,574	210	49,558	64,778
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,968			208	8		563	42	3,543	8,332
Innisfail	195,917	2,053	9,615	177		29	< 1	12,826	36	3,379	28,114
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	12,622			316	2,014	4	8,238	1,493	43,762	68,449
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,503		3,558			60,391		4,857	109,313
Jericho	1,486,926	512				104		2,118	42	11,351	14,126
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	50	496,286		1,219	103		27,648	67	6,814	532,187
Kidston	2,929,528	1,446			264	692		3,294	9	67,319	73,023
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,492	684			< 1		450		1,610	4,238
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	577				183		747	64	36,244	37,815
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,950	11		10,916		725	24,606
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	110				51		8,431		6,857	15,450
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	93	9,080		124	16		35,350	14	18,907	63,584
Macalister	112,730	444	24					366	38	1,657	2,529
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	11,724			212	678		4,384	1,407	9,030	27,435
Manifold	79,681	13	8,525	7				7,080	858	4,364	20,848
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,512	125,347	998	519	698		9,047	37,483	17,800	202,405
McArthur	589,190					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	410	9,299		1,619	59	3	104,604	635	235,091	351,720
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,231			0	137		450	200	1,603	5,620
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,305				48		675	501	1,635	5,164
Moreton Basin	784,969	6,409	82	8		603	2	3,689	568	12,506	23,867
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,725				1,763		73		108,455	116,015
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	3,883	96		33	2,955		722	250	7,837	15,775
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,092						71	2	11,801	15,966
Narrandool	16,500	405								7	412
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	65			2,066	76		66,798	1,795	709	71,509
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	172				10		170	33	10,597	10,982
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	115			1,073	2		11,238		37,864	50,291
North Eastern Plains	660,369	263			516	55		1,129	397	11,159	13,520
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	5,400			399	1,097		1,030	71	27,415	35,413
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	86	1,560		< 1			86,986		14,928	103,561
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	163				22		97		4,199	4,480
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	250				< 1		37		1,581	1,868
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	414			1,325	156		4,490	123	12,754	19,263
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,818	39,043	74	13	103	3	15,695	3,259	9,692	71,699
Scenic Rim	228,692	700				< 1		13	< 1	2,637	3,351
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320			7,602	12	343	40,276
South Burnett	563,866	1,925				146		304	28	3,071	5,474
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	779			35	272		960	114	9,797	11,956
Southern Downs	4,264,666	3,731			25	1,250		4,058	788	29,182	39,034
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272							< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,999				959		1,634	74	34,339	39,006
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	576			530	75		11,897	32	44,279	57,391
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33		775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	682				8		219	4	3,624	4,537
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	199	19,403		1,686	11		11,312	43	8,507	41,161
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,715	50		2,733	60	49	42,673
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	316			199,927	288		128,576	125	77,651	406,884
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,504	21,959	306	522	1,051	10	31,626	1,471	5,676	67,125
Tara Downs	511,339	1,319				191		920	67	405	2,902
Taroom Downs	652,005	1,109			515	347		2,265	198	7,222	11,656
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456	8								167	175
Thorntonia	779,074	30				8		14		39,633	39,686
Toko Plains	498,425				4,118	< 1		1,600		1,944	7,663
Townsville Plains	768,022	9,044	63,096	2,338	125	1,970	6	6,223	13,487	38,608	134,895
Tully	138,876	411	20,052		10	19		9,504	112	1,988	32,096
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	417			1,158	181	1	52,631	476	26,708	81,573
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	345				180		249	133	976	1,884
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			71	1		7,566	96	1,103	8,867
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	7,748			10	254		1,717	2,144	4,554	16,427
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	581			1,159	121		30,548	225	7,608	40,241
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	1,205	70,068			152		59,556	248	12,579	143,810
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907					1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	5,088				344		779	282	7,492	13,984
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,759				361		5,836	1,347	1,315	15,619
West Bulloo	2,852,104	483			111	56		17,740	311	18,725	37,426
West Warrego	4,220,623	217			675	100		14,159	178	26,267	41,597
Whitsunday	91,153	57	3,067		2	15		47		97	3,284
Woodenbong	2,846	10									10
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	638	206		158	192		12,133	758	85,427	99,513
Woorabinda	749,785	245				213		3,771	249	6,263	10,741
Wyarra Hills	397,935	235				135		294	37	6,555	7,256

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of biogeographic subregions.

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.